Fuzzy logic based scheduling of the product families in reconfigurable manufacturing systems

Abstract

Reconfigurable manufacturing system is the new type of manufacturing system which is designed for a part family and it can change its function and capacity by rearranging of software and hardware components whenever required. In a manufacturing system, products and/or product families are needed to be scheduled to get more productivity and profit. In the present work, fuzzy logic based model has been prepared for scheduling of the part families for reconfigurable manufacturing system considering the industrial case. For scheduling of products, three criteria have been considered; reconfiguration effort, profit over cost and due date. Fuzzy rules have been developed according to behavior of these criteria. Fuzzy logic model has been made in MATLAB. This model can be used to predict the schedule for maximum for considering reconfiguration effort and due date. Results of the model have been compared with weighted aggregate sum method.

Keywords

• reconfigurable manufacturing system
• reconfigurable machines
• scheduling
• fuzzy logic
• fuzzy rules